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Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Choir)

Founded: 2011 - Zürich, Switzerland

The Zürcher Sing-Akademie (= ZSA) was founded in 2011 as a professional choir attached to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Switzerland. The choir now looks back to six highly successful seasons, which featured celebrated appearances with the Tonhalle Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Argovia Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kammerorchester Basel and Musikkollegium Winterthur. Conductors have included Giovanni Antonini, Daniel Barenboim, Ivor Bolton, Lionel Bringuier, the late Frans Brüggen, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, Pablo Heras-Casado, René Jacobs, Neeme Järvi, Ton Koopman, Krzysztof Penderecki, Donald Runnicles and David Zinman.

In 2014 the Zürcher Sing-Akademie performed J.S. Bach’s St. John’s Passion (BWV 245) at the BBC Proms in a much-acclaimed performance with the Zürcher Kammerorchester under Roger Norrington. The choir has toured in Germany, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, the Netherlands, and many different regions of Switzerland. New artistic partnerships in the 2017-2018 season include Freiburger Barockorchester (conductor René Jacobs) and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (conductor James Gaffigan), with a visit to Asia and a major European tour.

The flexibility of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie allows the choir to work in the fixed chamber-choir setting and to expand well beyond that without loss of identity. Besides its own concert programmes, the Zürcher Sing-Akademie organizes special activities, which include voice coaching sessions and programmes for and with amateur and semi-professional singers.

Florian Helgath was appointed Artistic Director of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie from the summer of 2017.

Artistic Directors

Timothy Brown (2011-2017)
Florian Helgath (2017-Present)

Members of Zürcher Sing-Akademie:

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Rachel Ambrose Evans
Alice Borciani
Sonja Bühler
Lucy De Butts
Margret Giglinger
Jenny Högström
Mami Irisawa
Jessica Jans
Keiko Enomotol
Aisling Kenny
Antonella Lalli [MB]
Anne Montandon
Charlotte Nachtsheim
Andrea Oberparleiter
Maria Pujades
Cressida Sharp
Gunta Smirnova
Ulla Westvik

Stefanie Blumenschein
Franziska Brandenberger
Franziska Gündert
Gabriel Jublin
Misa Lamdark
Lester Lardenoye
Gianna Lunardi
Ursina Patzen
Isabel Pfefferkorn
Breno Quinderé
Pauline Stöhr
Lisa Weiss
Sarah Widmer
Anne-Kristin Zschunke

Ulrich Amacher
Friedrich Bracks
Florian Feth
Gregory Finch
Ivo Haun
Tamás Henter
Matthias Klosinski
Arndt Krüger
Sebastian Lipp
Tiago Pinheiro de Oliveira
Laurin Oppermann
Patrick Siegrist
Fabian Strotmann
Hitoshi Tamada

Ekkehard Abele
Ulrich Acolas
Matija Bizjan
Yves Brühwiler
Matthias Ebner
Fabrice Hayoz
Clemens Joswig
Gerhard Nennemann
Francesc Ortega
Daniel Pérez
Jan Sauer
Peter Strömberg
Thomas Trolldenier
Christopher Webb
Tobias Wicky

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Sources:
Zürcher Sing-Akademie page on Facebook
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (July 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Roger Norrington

Choir

[V-3] (2014, Video): BWV 245

Links to other Sites

Zürcher Sing Akademie (Official Website) [German]
Zürcher Sing-Akademie page on Facebook [German/English]


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